| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Conference proceedings held at the University of Osnabruck from April 25-27, 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE AMERICAN AND THE EUROPEAN DELILLO; PART 1: MEMORY WORK AFTER 9/11; PART 2: WRITERS, TERRORISTS, AND THE MASSES; PART 3: DON DELILLO AND JOHAN GRIMONPREZ; PART 4: DEATHWARD AND OTHER PLOTS; PART 5: THE ETHICS OF FICTION; PART 6: CODA; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX. |
| Summary |
In his novel Mao II, Don DeLillo lets his protagonist say, "Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness." DeLillo suggests that while the collective imagination of the past was guided by the creative order of narrative fictions, our contemporary fantasies and anxieties are directed by the endless narratives of war and terror relayed by the mass media. To take DeLillo's literary reflections on media, terrorism, and literature seriously mean. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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DeLillo, Don -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.
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DeLillo, Don. (OCoLC)fst00036495
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Terrorism in literature -- Congresses.
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Ethics in literature -- Congresses.
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Ethics in literature. (OCoLC)fst00915860
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Terrorism in literature. (OCoLC)fst01148151
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Schweighauser, Philipp.
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Schneck, Peter, 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Terrorism, media, and the ethics of fiction. New York : Continuum, ©2010 9781441139931 (OCoLC)535494707 |
| ISBN |
9781441113733 (electronic bk.) |
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1441113738 (electronic bk.) |
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